Posted February 10, 2011 by Chris

This robot is controlled by calling the cell phone attached to it and pressing keys on your cell phone. The cell phone attached to the robot receives and decodes the dial tones and the robot moves accordingly. The project write-up has a good explanation of how it’s done.

Posted February 9, 2011 by Chris

If you’re an Xbox fanatic don’t miss this one. This project shows you how to mod your Xbox controller in a way no one else will, making you the coolest kid on the block. A few special LED additions really make a difference in how the controller works, and it’s a super easy mod!

Posted February 8, 2011 by Chris

Capacitive sensing has become quite popular recently with touch screens and elevator buttons, even though the theory is nothing new. This tutorial goes through the process of how you can use changes in capacitance in objects to sense if they’ve been touched by a human.

Posted February 7, 2011 by Chris

No, I don’t mean power over wifi, I mean communication over wifi! As the author of this tutorial says striaght out, it’s a pain to do wifi with an Aruduino. This write-up takes you step by step through the process of giving WiFi via a Asus WL-520gu to an Arduino.

Posted February 6, 2011 by Chris

Named ‘El Relojito’ (relojo = watch in spanish), this seemingly simple design is a great project for anyone ready to move past the rank of ‘amateur’. 60 LEDs surround the 7-segment leds telling you the time. A PIC micro controlls all the action. The write-up is in spanish, but the schematic/pictures should be enough to guide you.

Posted February 5, 2011 by Chris

Guitar Hero is fun, but mastering it is really hard. So why not hack the controller and become a perfect guitarist via the wonder of FPGA! The Wii Auto-GuitarHero delves into the realm of understanding NTSC inorder to beat the game with a perfect score.

Posted February 4, 2011 by Chris

NTSC video is a standard that has been around almost as long as black and white TVs. It’s a true analog standard, but we can use digital FPGA signals to create NTSC. This tutorial shows you how to output simple NTSC video to your TV.

Posted February 3, 2011 by Chris

This huge chess board called ‘Monster Chess’ is made completely of legos. It is fully automated and moves by itsself. Take a look at the project write-up for some awesome action videos and pictures of the entire setup.

Posted February 2, 2011 by Chris

Today’s project shows you how to take the Wii nun-chuck, connect it up to a arduino and use the accelerometer sensor data to control a servo motor. The process is not too complicated as the project write-up does show you step by step in a video how to do everything. Wii fans, don’t miss this one!

Posted February 1, 2011 by Chris

The servo motor and the dc motor have one simple difference: one is inherently controlled while the other is not. This guide goes through the specifics of when to use which type of motor.